Brome
//bɹəʊm// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any grass of the genus Bromus. countable, uncountable
- 2 bromine obsolete, uncountable
- 3 any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
- 3 A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).
- 4 A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Synonyms
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Etymology 1
From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).
Etymology 2
From French brome, coined from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”). Doublet of bromus.
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